2009 Jr. Us Open
2009 Jr. Us Open
Santa Fe, TX 5/30/2009 to 5/31/2009
USA Water Ski is pleased to announced that the ninth annual Junior U.S. Open Water Ski Championships, a two-round world record capability water ski competition, will be held May 30-31 at Lago Santa Fe in Santa Fe, Texas.
“We are pleased to announce that the Junior U.S. Open Water Ski Championships will be held in the Greater Houston area at Lago Santa Fe,” said Steve Locke, executive director of USA Water Ski. “We expect the highest level of competition from the world’s top junior water ski athletes.”
The Lago Santa Fe Water Ski Club will serve as the local organizing committee and host of the 2009 Junior U.S. Open Water Ski Championships. The event will feature Men and Women divisions (ages 17 to 21), in addition to Boys and Girls divisions (ages 16 and under). 38 athletes representing five continents are expected to compete for titles in slalom, tricks, jumping and overall.
Lago Santa Fe, a world record capability water ski site, has hosted several major tournaments in the past, including the 2002 and 2003 GOODE Water Ski National Championships and the 2002 and 2003 Overton’s U.S. Open Water Ski Championships. At the 2003 U.S. Open, U.S. athlete Jimmy Siemers set a then-world record in men’s jumping of 236 feet.
